Walking off the field at Brentford’s small stadium in west London had a very different feel for Arsenal this time around.
A straight-forward 3-0 win at the 17,000-seat Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday retained Arsenal’s spot atop the Premier League table and made it six victories in seven games for Mikel Arteta’s side.
Quite a contrast from a year ago, when Arsenal opened the season with a humbling 2-0 defeat at Brentford — which was playing its first top-flight game in 74 years — and went on to lose the next two games as well for its worst start to a campaign in 67 years.
